The University at Albany is considering whether to change the name of Indian Quad, one of the college’s four major on-campus housing units, enlisting a work group to make a recommendation to college officials.The work group consists of the college’s chief diversity officer, students, professors and other college staff and will consider other community input received by Aug. 15, according to a campus email from Todd Foreman, UAlbany vice president of finance and administration.“The appropriateness of Indian Quad’s name has been raised periodically over the years since the Uptown Campus was built in the mid-1960s, and we have heard from many of you about it in recent weeks,” according to the email.Foreman wrote that while the name was intended to “honor these cultures’ important contributions throughout New York’s history,” the college’s “commitment to diversity and inclusion requires” that it discuss whether a name change is appropriate.The work group will be tasked with engaging members of indigenous communities and other outside experts to garner input from the most impacted groups.Indian Quad is all-freshmen housing and includes other Native American names like Mohawk Tower and Seneca Hall. It now offers only graduate-level degree programs. The center is connected to and shares faculty and resources with the university's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.ASRC performs research to study the physical and chemical nature of the atmosphere and its implications to the environment.
Designed for music performance, the Recital Hall seats 242 people, 197 on the orchestra level and 45 in the nine circular theater boxes along the periphery on the second level. The Main Theatre is the largest theater space on the Uptown campus, capable of seating 500 people. View Comments
Its three galleries provide more than 9,000 square feet (840 mThe university has a separate University at Albany Foundation, which conducts fundraising on behalf of the university. The Studio Theatre seats 153 people. These include the school's outreach arm, the Capital Area School Development Association, which provides services to 120 school districts; the Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, which is funded by a three-year $1.24 million grant from the The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), created in 2015, offers interdisciplinary academic programs for undergraduate and graduate students in fields designed to protect against, respond to, and recover from a growing array of natural and man-made risks and threats in New York State and around the world. During the college's first three academic years, more than 50 UAlbany professors offered courses.
Four residential quadrangles are located adjacent to the four corners of the academic podium. These are "apartment-style" residences and include kitchens, furnished living rooms, and, on Empire Commons, washers, dryers, dishwashers, single bedrooms, and central air conditioning. New residence halls, Empire Commons and Liberty Terrace, opened in 2002 and 2012, housing up to 1,200 and 500 students, respectively, Ground was broken for a new School of Business building in October 2008. A work group has been charged with making a recommendation to college officials
Other housing quads are named Colonial Quad, Dutch Quad and State Quad.
The same year, Rockefeller broke ground for the current Uptown Campus on the former site of the Albany Country Club. Music, dance, theater, international artists, guest lecturers, and collaborations occur in the Main Theater, Recital Hall, Arena Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Lab Theatre. These Resident Assistants are responsible for serving as a resource and facilitating community development on their respective floor/area.There is also a SEFCU ATM located in the lobby of Beverwyck & Schuyler Halls.